MATTER OF WATSON

No. 89-2306 Summary Calendar.

884 F.2d 879 (1989)

In the Matter of Russell B. WATSON, Jr., Debtor. John J. OXLEY, Individually and for Dallas Fireplace Distributors Corporation, and C. Thomas Wesner, Jr., Appellants, v. Russell B. WATSON, Jr., First City National Bank of Tyler, Henry M. Bell, Jr., Peter M. Boyd, and Glenn C. Collins, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 5, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Thomas Wesner, Jr., Wesner, Coke, Boyd & Clymer, Dallas, Tex., for appellants.

Jerry Ed Bain, Bain, Files, Allen, Caldwell & Worthen, P.C., Tyler, Tex., for R. Watson,

Judith Birk Baumgartner, Vinson & Elkins, Dallas, Tex., for First City Nat. Bank, Henry Bell and Peter Boyd.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, and SMITH, Circuit Judges:


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

In this adversary bankruptcy proceeding to determine dischargeability of a debt, the appellant, John Oxley, attempts to appeal from the district court's affirmance of the bankruptcy court's imposition of sanctions on Oxley. Concluding that we have no jurisdiction, we dismiss the appeal.

Although no party here questions our jurisdiction on appeal, it is well-established that jurisdiction cannot be conferred by agreement and that...

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